Heat-mediated changes to the hands and feet mimicking washerwoman's skin

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-105

  Bohnert, M ^a   Pollak, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Friction skin; Pseudo washerwoman's skin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLISTER; BURN; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS BASAL LAYER; EPIDERMIS STRATUM GERMINATIVUM; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HAND PALM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRATUM CORNEUM; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0037501167     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0357-0     Document Type: Article

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